SESAME: ASCII2 File Format

A new ASCII format for SESAME data is explicitly defined and dubbed ASCII2. This format fixes some of the onerous limitations of the legacy ASCII-styled format in addition to relaxing the FORTRAN style fixed-format layout of data tables. With the exception of the multi-tiered indexes of the legacy binary format, the new ASCII2 is more compatible with the binary in that it does not restrict the extent of various integer data (e.g., SESAME material and table numbers) to six digits nor does it restrict the extent or precision of the various floating point data. There will be very limited support of the legacy ASCII-styled formats in the future.. Authors: Pimentel, David A. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000312075934); Sheppard, Daniel Glen [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000160133225). DOE Contract: 89233218CNA000001. Subjects: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; ASCII2; SESAME; equation of state; file format